Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided September 20, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Scott Brumley Potter County Attorney
500 South Fillmore Street, Room 303 Amarillo, Texas 79101
Re; Method by which a hospital district may set an ad valorem tax rate when it has not set a tax rate since 1996 (RQ-0856-GA)
Dear Mr. Brumley:
You ask about the method by which a hospital district may set an ad valorem tax rate when it has not set a tax rate since 1996.1
Article IX, section 5 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the Legislature to create the Amarillo Hospital District (the "District") to assume responsibilities to "levy a tax for medical or hospital care for needy…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Upjohn Co. v. Rylander, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- City of Waco v. KelleyTexas Supreme Court · 2010
- Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. Dickinson Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Corpus Christi Taxpayer's Ass'n v. City of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986